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Speaking from the State Floor in the White House on September 10, 2014, President Obama addressed the nation on the situation in Iraq and the United States’ strategy to degrade and defeat ISIL, a terrorist organization. Continue Reading →

In Syria, a peaceful popular uprising has become a violent conflict where scores of people are killed on a daily basis. UN monitors and journalists have had limited access inside Syria. Continue Reading →

As thousands of protestors massed in Chicago to protest the NATO summit, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison (Minnesota) agreed with some of the demonstrators’ claims, but disagreed with others. “I do agree we’re spending too much on the military, but I believe in the military.” Continue Reading →

A group of Syrian-Americans gathered in Loring Park to commemorate the the anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian Demonstrations that grew out of the Arab Spring. This rebellion has bee treated very harshly by the Assad government. To this date, there are more than 10,000 people dead, among them 600 women and 430 children. The Syrian Sunrise Foundation is one of the US organizations involved with the revolution. Minnesota Facebook page has the local information. Continue Reading →

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The City of Bloomington's insistence on prosecuting organizers of a "Black Lives Matter" protest at the Mall of America is getting more pushback from Minnesota's religious leaders. A letter signed by more than 100 faith leaders asks City Attorney Sandra Johnson to have a community-wide dialog about race instead of prosecuting people.

Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt says one of the reasons Minnesota's predicted budget surplus has increased is higher economic confidence since Republicans won a majority in Minnesota's House last November. The state revenue forecast released today showed Minnesota will have a $1.86 billion surplus, an $832 million dollar increase from the last forecast.

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